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edition Chicago examiner wednesday wednesday bÂ«dstered ppipp hatt r'tt'vp *Â» chictio uid elsewhere r 8 patent offic * sxwjei ujn hi cill^l x Ã¼burb two centb vol xv no 89 a m Chicago apeil 4 1917 election defeats g.o.p.in council 21 democrats 12 republicans and : socialists chosen aldermen wiping out the mayor's 147 477 majority two years ago Chicago jumped oter to the democratic column at yester day's election the voters off set mayor thompson's 1915 plurality of 117,477 and elected twenty-one democratic aldermen twelve re publicans two socialists and an in dependent also were sent to the council in addition to this overwhelming democratic victory were added the city clerk and the city treasurer 50-year franchise advocates defeated iff new city council will have forty-two democrats twenty-four re publicans three socialists and one independent the old council stood thirty-six republicans thirty-two democrats and two socialists the vote showed that the citizens did not trust the candidates who r.vored the fifty-year traction fran chise the candidates who declared tgaljnst this proposition were in most instances elected all democrats in council re-elected clapton f smith democratic nom inee for city treasurer won by a ot 32,342 james t igoe hfcÂ«iocratit nominee for city clerk mr by a plurality of 23,000 hhe socialists picked up added unlooked-for victory vote summary total registered vote 788,535 total aldermanic vote 411,730 total per cent voting â€¢. 52 women's registration 297,931 women's aldermanic vote 122,471 per cent of women voting ... 41 men's registration 490,604 men's aldermanic vote 289,259 per cent of men voting 59 total vote for treasurer 389,871 total vote for city clerk 380,153 bond issue results lake shore protection 200,000 men women total yes 114,317 36,013 150,330 no 120,523 39.426 159,949 majority against 9,619 boys correctional school 350,000 yes 124,133 39,451 163,584 no 109,678 34,232 143,910 majority for 19,674 waste disposalâ€”sl,ooo,ooo yes 114,273 37,812 152,085 no 121,084 36,456 157,540 majority against 5,455 public comfort stationsâ€”slso,ooo yes 118,172 35,057 153,229 no 110,094 38,208 148,302 majority for 4,927 contagious diseases hospital â€” 750,000 yes 137,543 42,722 180,264 no 86,130 28,856 114,986 majority for 65,278 winners in election for city clerk james t igoe d 180,583 joseph siman r 'â€¢ 164,521 lewis w hardy soc 35,049 igoe's plurality 16,062 for city treasttrer clayton f smith d 191,867 james j cullen r 159,525 robert h howe 50c .... 38,479 smith's plurality 32,342 aldermen elected plu ward winner rality i michael kenna d 5,315 2 l b anderson 2,387 3 george miff 1,037 4 d r hickey 3,052 5 j b mcdonough d 1,870 6 a a mccormick 2,837 d7 william r fetzer 2,974 b r a woodhul 2,776 x9 â€” c v johnson soc 151 10 frank klaus d 2,099 11 e f cullerton d 3,428 12 otto kerner d 4,094 13 t j ahearn 3,308 14 g m maypole d 1,363 15 edward j kaindl 2,844 16 stanley kunz 2,274 17 â€” stanley adamkiewicz 88 si's j j touhy 1,118 | plu i ward winner rality 19 â€” j powers 3,197 20 h l fick 223 21 r h mccormick â€¢ 2,476 22 w p ellison 384 x23 w p steffen 3,945 23 t o wallace 2,265 24 â€” f f roeder 943 25 h d capitain 3,257 26 william lipps 815 27 j c kennedy 6,157 28 h a littler 654 29 j hrubec 2,162 30 william lynch 2,870 31 j a long 581 32 a j fisher 4,706 33â€”1 r hazen 224 34 â€” j o kostner 3,801 35 john clark 4,614 vote for aldermen by wards republican ward candidate men.women.total 1 no candidate 2 l anderson 4,248 2,120 6,369 3 f patterson 3,648 2,502 6,150 4 m demith .... 901 208 1,109 5 l b reitman 2,7b6 1,211 3,997 6.*a m'cormlck 4,701 2,581 7,282 7 wm fetzer 7,019 4.459 11,478 b.*j e tyden 2,855 1,618 4,473 9.*h vanderbilt 2,743 1,534 4,277 10 alva g wood 831 282 1,113 11 no candidate 12 s a thieda 1,902 675 2,577 13.*j anderson 3,890 1,955 5,845 14 c e grayd0n 3,206 1,713 4,919 15 dan roberts 2,428 1,912 3,440 16 no candidate 17.*l d sitts 2,608 778 2,846 18 j p lewis 393 140 533 19 no candidate 20.*h e miller 1,733 700 2,433 21 r mccormick 4,slo 2,449 6,959 22 a frauenholz 663 138 801 23.*t o wa11ace 4,545 2,009 6,554 23 w p steffen s,lbb 2,136 7,324 24.*herman gnadt.3,o24 1,545 4,569 25.*h capitain 6,l6o 2,608 8,769 26.*wm lipps 4,891 1,906 6,797 27 j mcfarland 3,3o2 1,499 4,801 28.*harry littler 4,165 1,846 6,011 29.*john hrubec 5,375 2,106 7,481 30 jas hast 1ng5 1,1 53 203 1,356 31 d r r011er 4,901 2,975 7,876 32.*albert fisher 6,298 2,461 8,759 33 irwin hazen . 7,043 3,329 10,372 34.*jos blaha 3,717 1,367 5,084 35 con janke 4,908 2,175 7,083 democratic candidate men.women.total michael kenna 4,630 898 5,523 fred e wenig 2,921 1,060 3,981 george f miff 4,469 2,718 7,187 d r hickey 2,954 1,207 4,161 j b m'donough 4,l67 1,702 5,867 no candidate Â„.. leo flannigan 1,708 507 2,215 r a woodhull 4,859 2,390 7,249 h v meeteren 2,732 1,088 3,820 frank klaus 2,373 839 3,212 e f cu11ert0n 3,193 860 4,053 otto kerner 4,640 2,031 6,671 thos j ahem 5,918 3,233 9,151 g m maypole 4,205 2,082 6,287 edw j kaindl 4,549 1,735 6,284 stanley h kunz . 3,268 844 4,112 s adamkiewicz . 1,970 959 2,929 b j grogan 3,803 1,641 5,444 mohn powers 2,897 614 3,511 henry l fick 1,877 779 2,656 b j conlon 3,219 1.264 4,483 wm p ellison 2,013 723 2,736 f v maguire 3,222 1.067 4,289 oscar danner 2,488 891 3,379 f f roeder 3,994 1,518 5,512 e funkhouser 4,079 1,433 5,512 fred'k dunham 4,634 1,348 5,982 e e britton 3,413 1,162 4,575 r e hulsman 3,662 1,697 5,358 f b janovsky 3,794 1,525 5,319 wm j lynch 3,160 1,066 4,226 james a long 5,408 3,049 8,457 john heckman 3,115 938 4,053 delta i jarrett 6,705 3,443 10,148 jos o k05tner 6,525 2,360 8,885 john s clark 7,737 3,959 11,696 sitting aldermen xto fill vacancy fjohn c kennedy socialist vote 10,958 john touhy ind vote 6,562 zcharles e john son soc vote 4,423 dcharles e merriam ind polled 8,504 Illinois and wisconsin capitals taken by drys saloons were driven out of spring i field capital of Illinois and madison capital of wisconsin yesterday in Illinois it is estimated 250 salonos ere voted out of existence women aided the dry victory in springfield they gave prohibition a majority of 455 the men voted wet by 1,877 but the women voted dry by 2,335 madison voted 4,556 drv and 4.155 wet after a hot campaign ten townships in Illinois voted dry while two turned down prohibi tion the ten new drys are wauconda lake count ; clear lake sangamon county atkinson henry county danforth iroquois county union livingston county highland grun dy county gold bureau county sandoval marion county pawnee and lake clinton couniy the wets won in verron lake counry and guode frar.kiin county townships which voted but re - _ / niained in the same column dry townrhlp county omralia marion hnisilarr utehfism shavrnee galuun mba henry i formvs.ll hairy i kin-land shi ii â– .- ! meridian lintivr brooiriflt cbnton ( artetvole williamson i hm-incm le i oitr kariakee ] s:&l shelby j tira.iultiÂ«ver jarksrvv | ottawa t.l salic hopkins w^tt^side ihveman snith fork christian valley stark practically complete returns from peoria assure the re-election of mayor edward n woodruff republican by 2,000 majority his platform included sunday saloons ottawa remains wet maine township cook county in which is the town of despla.ir.es con tinues dry xorthfield township re mains et 524 voles to 402 duhith minn voted or for the second tim within it year th ma jority was 963 last ; ea the drys won by ill u s greeted as ally with joy by britain troops in trenches welcome stars and stripes to group of colors of allies i house of commons applauds wil son's speech press sees early peace and fall of kaiser london april 3 â€” no gladder news ! has come to the people of great brit j ain since they have been engulfed in â– the world war than that of president wilson's speech in congress yesterday the speech in full was telegraphed i promptly to the front and there to ' night thousands of tommies cheered i the stars and stripes as the most â€¢ welcome newcomer among the en j tentcolors in the house of commons early to-day,'a mighty cheer v.-ent up from toe representatives of the people j jwhen the chancellor of the exchequer i announced receipt of a â€¢ abiegram l'rom sir cecil spri.'ig-kice british ambassador at washington express ing sir cecil's belief the american j congress would comply with presi ! dent wilson's recommendations early victory predicted the british press is unanimous in | welcoming the new ally and sees j early victory as a result the london times views president ! wilson's action as an 1 event which is certain to influence the destinies of mankind on both sides of the atlan tic for generations to come and adds nothing greater except the war itself has happened sine the french revolution shattered the tra ditions of feudalism in kurope the cause in which america draws the sword and the grounds on which the president justifies the momentous step he has taken are auguries that the final outcome will be for the happiness and welfare of mankind we doubt if in all history a great community has ever been sum moned to war on grounds so largely ideal with reference to the implied as j sumption the german people were the innocent dupes and victims of an irresponsible government the times says that view like his attitude toward austria is probably politic but it i makes it necessary to ignore a mas j of awkward evidence speech great as lincoln's the london daily mail under the caption cf no peace with the ho henzollerns says president wilsons speech will stand beside lincoln's greatest speeches for its gravity and pathos it is in efeect an appeal to the american people to take up the task for which lincoln laid down his life for the issue is to-day as it was in 1861 and 1564 freedom though it would be a sovereign in i u.s weather forecast chicatjo axd vicinity rain j \ wednesday nnd wedncdday i:icht ! j followed by clearing and colder j i i hiirsiinv imtrs.tiiis moutheast i | winds becoming fresh o utrons anil shifting to northivext by thnrsfiav temfkbatdss for twenty-four hours ending :! a m : highest 56 lowest 38 average 47 normal temperatare for the day 41 excess of temperature since january 1 5 de grees precipitation fcr twenty-four bcurs ending i.t 7 p m non dcficienct of nredpiiatioi 6ir.v.e jaunary j i j.:;t ke-lative hiuhiditj 7 â€¢.:. in ;.'.â€¢: i i u js i 7 p m 5 ' / iiiiionu tri i i~9uure reduced 'â– â– / a uy 7 ! a m u.-jx ' p m 3ujb l i sui.itee tc-thy s:^h cutset . cnuui dindct raoort or^h will not war on america says berlin berlin april 3 via london april 4 â€” the press report of president wilson's state of war message reached berlin at 10 o'clock this morning it was declared there would be no change in the , german at titude even if congress adopted president wilson's views germany will not declare war nor take any step to wage war against the united states the submarine war will be continued as it has been conducted since february 1 but this declare the officials is not , directed more against the united states than any other neutral it is also declared there will be no change in the treatment of american citizens in germany who now have the same freedom as ether neutrals but germany expects the united states will continue the same treatment of germans iu that country 3 billion war fund proposed rich to bear tax burden levy on incomes proportionate to size washington april 3 â€” three bil lion dollars has been agreed on as the minimum amount the government should raise now to prepare for war the house ways and means commit tee announced to-day following in formal conferences on plans for rais ing revenue the committee will proceed with plans for taxation to raise the money the financial plan of the adminis tration has not been fully developed secretary mcadoo 01 the treasury has conferred frequently with mem bers of the senate and house receiv ing suggestions it is proposed thivt the burden of the immediate expense of war should be borne by the pres ent generation by increased taxes but expenditures to enlarge the military establishment and permanently pre pare the country should be borne in a measure by future generations through bond issues this is in accord with the sugges tion made by the president in his war address members of the committee have practically agreed on two measures as follows 1 increase the tax on excess profits by removing the exemption and ex tending the tax to all business instead of confining it as now to co-part nerships and corporations 2 a graduated scale so the larger incomes will pay a greater propor tionate tax than now the minimum will be left at 3,000 but incomes above that now taxed at 3 per cent 5 per cent and 10 per cent rates will be taxed at 5 10 and 12 per cent it is generally agreed bonds issued should be serial so redemption should not be advanced too far into the fu ture some provision will be made for sinking funds to avert the danger of inflation referred to in the pres ident's address first child born in auditorium hotel for the first time since the found ing of the institution in 1890 old doc tor stork found the chimney of the auditorium hotel yesterday joseph stone jr enjoys the unique distinc tion of being the first baby born under th auditorium roof he is lh i'sot '>:' tjte manager of""th stanle ruli and levtu compan of wew britkin conn -> u.s navy ready to join allies j fleet will put co-operative pro gram into effect moment con gress passes resolution for war officials announce washington april 3.â€”arrange ments were completed to-day for co operation between the american and ! entente fleets the moment congress i pass<?3 the ivar resolution navy officials in the absence of legislative action refused to say what those steps were but the following statement was authorized at the navy department measures have been taken which will be put into operation the mo ment the resolution goes through assistant secretary of the navy franklin d roosevelt held a long conference with m jusserand french ambassador this afternoon allied naval officers are reported en route to this country to assist the americans in taking measures against the german submarine menace patrol fleet huxt u-boats in this connection it may be stated a large flotilla of patrol craft is al ready in the water to search down hostile u-boats which may invade the western atlantic the commerce lanes are to be kept open at all costs so every provision tor supplying the entente armies may be carried out several french naval officers are said to have reached new york with in the last few days and are expected in washington this week patrol boats taken over it was said the mobilization as tar as personnel was concerned would be complete in forty-eight hours the formation of squadrons as contem plated in the plans of the general board will require a longer time but there is every confidence there will be no untoward delay in putting the atlantic fleet into battle formation and getting the hornet flotilla in mo tion numerous motor boats which i:ad been inspected and accepted subject to order during the last few months have been purchased it was stated to-day the number of ships is kept secret although it was declared that within the last forty-eight hours the naval appraisal board has approved purchase of sixteen private craft ami set a value on them joseph tiffany dies noted as art expert p international news service yonkers n t april 3 â€” joseph burr tiffany noted art dealer and liecorator died to-day at his home here ilr tiff.-iny was a musician of rank and for a number of years tv-as the charge d'affaires of the white house recitals mrs vanderbilt offers estate for camp site raleigh x c april 3.â€”bilt ! more the estate of the late george w vanderbih e;ir asheville n c has been offjrefl my jirs edith van cjerbi'.t to the v r department as a 1 mobilisation flur.-.p site old glory may fly over battle line in france washington april 3 01d glory will take its place with the flag of the league ot honor over the battle line in france within a few days accord ing to indications a proposal is before govern ment officials that american fly ers in the franco-american fly ing corps now serving in north ern france be sent to paris to take before a member of the united states embassy probably william graves sharp himself the american oath of enlistment they would then go back to the front in the service of their own country and the stars and stripes would fly from the guywires of their aeroplanes 6 spy suspects found in navy secret service watches men stringent law before senate three on trial for plots washington april 3 â€” sis sus pected spies have been under inves tigation in the very vitals of the na tion's first line of defense â€” the navy department â€” according to informa tion obtained by the examiner to-day the department of justice and secret service are co-operating to the full est extent with the navy department in this work president wilson's declaration that prussian autocracy had filled our unsuspecting communities and even our government offices with spies was based on facts in the possession of the american se-cret service a stringent bill to prevent espion age in the united states covering spies violations of neutrality and other all other phases of the ques tion v,-as introduced in the senate to-day hoindip of spies a roundup of the kuiseis spies in america will commence the mo ment congress votes war the man who is the head of the organization who was responsible only to bernstorff himself is known and will be the first to be taken into custody only the other day two men were discharged from the coast and geode tic survey becau?e of their champion ship of germany they immediaiely obtained work in the washington naval foundry where guns are manu factured for american dreadnoughts secretary redfied at once notified secretarj daniels harvey wires wilson his congratulations washington april a colonel george harvey to-day wired presi dent wilson complimenting him on his war message and saying i was confident as on e could be but even so 1 was not prepared for so splendid a realization this message is the first between the president and the editor since their break in the cam paign nearly four years ago rockefeller urges all to stand with wilson savannah april 5 â€” john d rockefeller passing through savan nah from florida emphatically de clare that the true test of ameri canism will come with the present crisis and uir ill stand be ' bind the president regardless of con sequences allies confer with lansing on america's part in war riinn ouicl europe to send invalided qfficerfl to train great force to 3a recruited here war planÃŸ are considered by presideniÃŸ by sam w smali l^^m washington april : < vj ally there is no state between tue united sta^b and germany but the exerutive^bj partments of tlie government,^b t'ident the president's words be put into deed have a < r fihpj tered upon an aggresive c&bdfl for a speedy conclusion of hosj against autocracy as represenÃŸj the german empire v to-day the war department its plans to recruit an army of i^j 000 men this force is to be unbj arms within four months it bj epochal in the history of recruitiÃŸj or conscription in the united stateÃŸj arrangements have been made bebj tween the united states and the enÃŸ tente allies for co-operation of the^b fleets allies envoys meet with lansing on pact the british french ami italian am | bassadors and the counselor of the ' japanese embassy had conference with secretary lansing and other of m j ficers oc the state department k i day it was understood the i-o^h ferences were to discuss preliminai^b of an agreement on the co-oper^al of the allies including the flj forces of the united states bj united states to join allies war council an international war council be established with the uninÃŸj states as a member it means suiÃŸj plies for the entente allies to tl bb extent of the resources of the united â– state and troop i necessary to shed their blood somewheie ip france ie became known to-day co-oper i ative plans between i e united stal and the allies include i dispatch here of several thousand â– i'ided 1 officers to ass ft laefl american army aild ; fl they will teach i r cuori â– ti'ench preparath j^t | and one other j^k | learned in the fi-ld house finance cor unit tee l works out program the allies now sit at !.:>* same talneÃŸ with the executive officers of th i united states and their borrqwlng â€¢ privilege is practically unlimited ] how the money is to be raised r o j finance this war of aggression in the cause of humanity but wilh'iujhh thought of reward or territorial aggrandizen;ent was worked out iibj the finance committee of the houvÃŸj to-day the united states now lij over 10,000,000,000 available funds i and according to secretary mcadoo m of the treasury this tremendoul i amount is available for war prepaia-fl tion the president's message by oabi^h or wifeless is now in the hrnris r^l every commander of a vesisel of v.abj under the i'nitcd ssates flag no official will 8 the war council delcsaies siu:^^h to a continued on 2d page 4th column wr i ''"" ib m

edition Chicago examiner wednesday wednesday bÂ«dstered ppipp hatt r'tt'vp *Â» chictio uid elsewhere r 8 patent offic * sxwjei ujn hi cill^l x Ã¼burb two centb vol xv no 89 a m Chicago apeil 4 1917 election defeats g.o.p.in council 21 democrats 12 republicans and : socialists chosen aldermen wiping out the mayor's 147 477 majority two years ago Chicago jumped oter to the democratic column at yester day's election the voters off set mayor thompson's 1915 plurality of 117,477 and elected twenty-one democratic aldermen twelve re publicans two socialists and an in dependent also were sent to the council in addition to this overwhelming democratic victory were added the city clerk and the city treasurer 50-year franchise advocates defeated iff new city council will have forty-two democrats twenty-four re publicans three socialists and one independent the old council stood thirty-six republicans thirty-two democrats and two socialists the vote showed that the citizens did not trust the candidates who r.vored the fifty-year traction fran chise the candidates who declared tgaljnst this proposition were in most instances elected all democrats in council re-elected clapton f smith democratic nom inee for city treasurer won by a ot 32,342 james t igoe hfcÂ«iocratit nominee for city clerk mr by a plurality of 23,000 hhe socialists picked up added unlooked-for victory vote summary total registered vote 788,535 total aldermanic vote 411,730 total per cent voting â€¢. 52 women's registration 297,931 women's aldermanic vote 122,471 per cent of women voting ... 41 men's registration 490,604 men's aldermanic vote 289,259 per cent of men voting 59 total vote for treasurer 389,871 total vote for city clerk 380,153 bond issue results lake shore protection 200,000 men women total yes 114,317 36,013 150,330 no 120,523 39.426 159,949 majority against 9,619 boys correctional school 350,000 yes 124,133 39,451 163,584 no 109,678 34,232 143,910 majority for 19,674 waste disposalâ€”sl,ooo,ooo yes 114,273 37,812 152,085 no 121,084 36,456 157,540 majority against 5,455 public comfort stationsâ€”slso,ooo yes 118,172 35,057 153,229 no 110,094 38,208 148,302 majority for 4,927 contagious diseases hospital â€” 750,000 yes 137,543 42,722 180,264 no 86,130 28,856 114,986 majority for 65,278 winners in election for city clerk james t igoe d 180,583 joseph siman r 'â€¢ 164,521 lewis w hardy soc 35,049 igoe's plurality 16,062 for city treasttrer clayton f smith d 191,867 james j cullen r 159,525 robert h howe 50c .... 38,479 smith's plurality 32,342 aldermen elected plu ward winner rality i michael kenna d 5,315 2 l b anderson 2,387 3 george miff 1,037 4 d r hickey 3,052 5 j b mcdonough d 1,870 6 a a mccormick 2,837 d7 william r fetzer 2,974 b r a woodhul 2,776 x9 â€” c v johnson soc 151 10 frank klaus d 2,099 11 e f cullerton d 3,428 12 otto kerner d 4,094 13 t j ahearn 3,308 14 g m maypole d 1,363 15 edward j kaindl 2,844 16 stanley kunz 2,274 17 â€” stanley adamkiewicz 88 si's j j touhy 1,118 | plu i ward winner rality 19 â€” j powers 3,197 20 h l fick 223 21 r h mccormick â€¢ 2,476 22 w p ellison 384 x23 w p steffen 3,945 23 t o wallace 2,265 24 â€” f f roeder 943 25 h d capitain 3,257 26 william lipps 815 27 j c kennedy 6,157 28 h a littler 654 29 j hrubec 2,162 30 william lynch 2,870 31 j a long 581 32 a j fisher 4,706 33â€”1 r hazen 224 34 â€” j o kostner 3,801 35 john clark 4,614 vote for aldermen by wards republican ward candidate men.women.total 1 no candidate 2 l anderson 4,248 2,120 6,369 3 f patterson 3,648 2,502 6,150 4 m demith .... 901 208 1,109 5 l b reitman 2,7b6 1,211 3,997 6.*a m'cormlck 4,701 2,581 7,282 7 wm fetzer 7,019 4.459 11,478 b.*j e tyden 2,855 1,618 4,473 9.*h vanderbilt 2,743 1,534 4,277 10 alva g wood 831 282 1,113 11 no candidate 12 s a thieda 1,902 675 2,577 13.*j anderson 3,890 1,955 5,845 14 c e grayd0n 3,206 1,713 4,919 15 dan roberts 2,428 1,912 3,440 16 no candidate 17.*l d sitts 2,608 778 2,846 18 j p lewis 393 140 533 19 no candidate 20.*h e miller 1,733 700 2,433 21 r mccormick 4,slo 2,449 6,959 22 a frauenholz 663 138 801 23.*t o wa11ace 4,545 2,009 6,554 23 w p steffen s,lbb 2,136 7,324 24.*herman gnadt.3,o24 1,545 4,569 25.*h capitain 6,l6o 2,608 8,769 26.*wm lipps 4,891 1,906 6,797 27 j mcfarland 3,3o2 1,499 4,801 28.*harry littler 4,165 1,846 6,011 29.*john hrubec 5,375 2,106 7,481 30 jas hast 1ng5 1,1 53 203 1,356 31 d r r011er 4,901 2,975 7,876 32.*albert fisher 6,298 2,461 8,759 33 irwin hazen . 7,043 3,329 10,372 34.*jos blaha 3,717 1,367 5,084 35 con janke 4,908 2,175 7,083 democratic candidate men.women.total michael kenna 4,630 898 5,523 fred e wenig 2,921 1,060 3,981 george f miff 4,469 2,718 7,187 d r hickey 2,954 1,207 4,161 j b m'donough 4,l67 1,702 5,867 no candidate Â„.. leo flannigan 1,708 507 2,215 r a woodhull 4,859 2,390 7,249 h v meeteren 2,732 1,088 3,820 frank klaus 2,373 839 3,212 e f cu11ert0n 3,193 860 4,053 otto kerner 4,640 2,031 6,671 thos j ahem 5,918 3,233 9,151 g m maypole 4,205 2,082 6,287 edw j kaindl 4,549 1,735 6,284 stanley h kunz . 3,268 844 4,112 s adamkiewicz . 1,970 959 2,929 b j grogan 3,803 1,641 5,444 mohn powers 2,897 614 3,511 henry l fick 1,877 779 2,656 b j conlon 3,219 1.264 4,483 wm p ellison 2,013 723 2,736 f v maguire 3,222 1.067 4,289 oscar danner 2,488 891 3,379 f f roeder 3,994 1,518 5,512 e funkhouser 4,079 1,433 5,512 fred'k dunham 4,634 1,348 5,982 e e britton 3,413 1,162 4,575 r e hulsman 3,662 1,697 5,358 f b janovsky 3,794 1,525 5,319 wm j lynch 3,160 1,066 4,226 james a long 5,408 3,049 8,457 john heckman 3,115 938 4,053 delta i jarrett 6,705 3,443 10,148 jos o k05tner 6,525 2,360 8,885 john s clark 7,737 3,959 11,696 sitting aldermen xto fill vacancy fjohn c kennedy socialist vote 10,958 john touhy ind vote 6,562 zcharles e john son soc vote 4,423 dcharles e merriam ind polled 8,504 Illinois and wisconsin capitals taken by drys saloons were driven out of spring i field capital of Illinois and madison capital of wisconsin yesterday in Illinois it is estimated 250 salonos ere voted out of existence women aided the dry victory in springfield they gave prohibition a majority of 455 the men voted wet by 1,877 but the women voted dry by 2,335 madison voted 4,556 drv and 4.155 wet after a hot campaign ten townships in Illinois voted dry while two turned down prohibi tion the ten new drys are wauconda lake count ; clear lake sangamon county atkinson henry county danforth iroquois county union livingston county highland grun dy county gold bureau county sandoval marion county pawnee and lake clinton couniy the wets won in verron lake counry and guode frar.kiin county townships which voted but re - _ / niained in the same column dry townrhlp county omralia marion hnisilarr utehfism shavrnee galuun mba henry i formvs.ll hairy i kin-land shi ii â– .- ! meridian lintivr brooiriflt cbnton ( artetvole williamson i hm-incm le i oitr kariakee ] s:&l shelby j tira.iultiÂ«ver jarksrvv | ottawa t.l salic hopkins w^tt^side ihveman snith fork christian valley stark practically complete returns from peoria assure the re-election of mayor edward n woodruff republican by 2,000 majority his platform included sunday saloons ottawa remains wet maine township cook county in which is the town of despla.ir.es con tinues dry xorthfield township re mains et 524 voles to 402 duhith minn voted or for the second tim within it year th ma jority was 963 last ; ea the drys won by ill u s greeted as ally with joy by britain troops in trenches welcome stars and stripes to group of colors of allies i house of commons applauds wil son's speech press sees early peace and fall of kaiser london april 3 â€” no gladder news ! has come to the people of great brit j ain since they have been engulfed in â– the world war than that of president wilson's speech in congress yesterday the speech in full was telegraphed i promptly to the front and there to ' night thousands of tommies cheered i the stars and stripes as the most â€¢ welcome newcomer among the en j tentcolors in the house of commons early to-day,'a mighty cheer v.-ent up from toe representatives of the people j jwhen the chancellor of the exchequer i announced receipt of a â€¢ abiegram l'rom sir cecil spri.'ig-kice british ambassador at washington express ing sir cecil's belief the american j congress would comply with presi ! dent wilson's recommendations early victory predicted the british press is unanimous in | welcoming the new ally and sees j early victory as a result the london times views president ! wilson's action as an 1 event which is certain to influence the destinies of mankind on both sides of the atlan tic for generations to come and adds nothing greater except the war itself has happened sine the french revolution shattered the tra ditions of feudalism in kurope the cause in which america draws the sword and the grounds on which the president justifies the momentous step he has taken are auguries that the final outcome will be for the happiness and welfare of mankind we doubt if in all history a great community has ever been sum moned to war on grounds so largely ideal with reference to the implied as j sumption the german people were the innocent dupes and victims of an irresponsible government the times says that view like his attitude toward austria is probably politic but it i makes it necessary to ignore a mas j of awkward evidence speech great as lincoln's the london daily mail under the caption cf no peace with the ho henzollerns says president wilsons speech will stand beside lincoln's greatest speeches for its gravity and pathos it is in efeect an appeal to the american people to take up the task for which lincoln laid down his life for the issue is to-day as it was in 1861 and 1564 freedom though it would be a sovereign in i u.s weather forecast chicatjo axd vicinity rain j \ wednesday nnd wedncdday i:icht ! j followed by clearing and colder j i i hiirsiinv imtrs.tiiis moutheast i | winds becoming fresh o utrons anil shifting to northivext by thnrsfiav temfkbatdss for twenty-four hours ending :! a m : highest 56 lowest 38 average 47 normal temperatare for the day 41 excess of temperature since january 1 5 de grees precipitation fcr twenty-four bcurs ending i.t 7 p m non dcficienct of nredpiiatioi 6ir.v.e jaunary j i j.:;t ke-lative hiuhiditj 7 â€¢.:. in ;.'.â€¢: i i u js i 7 p m 5 ' / iiiiionu tri i i~9uure reduced 'â– â– / a uy 7 ! a m u.-jx ' p m 3ujb l i sui.itee tc-thy s:^h cutset . cnuui dindct raoort or^h will not war on america says berlin berlin april 3 via london april 4 â€” the press report of president wilson's state of war message reached berlin at 10 o'clock this morning it was declared there would be no change in the , german at titude even if congress adopted president wilson's views germany will not declare war nor take any step to wage war against the united states the submarine war will be continued as it has been conducted since february 1 but this declare the officials is not , directed more against the united states than any other neutral it is also declared there will be no change in the treatment of american citizens in germany who now have the same freedom as ether neutrals but germany expects the united states will continue the same treatment of germans iu that country 3 billion war fund proposed rich to bear tax burden levy on incomes proportionate to size washington april 3 â€” three bil lion dollars has been agreed on as the minimum amount the government should raise now to prepare for war the house ways and means commit tee announced to-day following in formal conferences on plans for rais ing revenue the committee will proceed with plans for taxation to raise the money the financial plan of the adminis tration has not been fully developed secretary mcadoo 01 the treasury has conferred frequently with mem bers of the senate and house receiv ing suggestions it is proposed thivt the burden of the immediate expense of war should be borne by the pres ent generation by increased taxes but expenditures to enlarge the military establishment and permanently pre pare the country should be borne in a measure by future generations through bond issues this is in accord with the sugges tion made by the president in his war address members of the committee have practically agreed on two measures as follows 1 increase the tax on excess profits by removing the exemption and ex tending the tax to all business instead of confining it as now to co-part nerships and corporations 2 a graduated scale so the larger incomes will pay a greater propor tionate tax than now the minimum will be left at 3,000 but incomes above that now taxed at 3 per cent 5 per cent and 10 per cent rates will be taxed at 5 10 and 12 per cent it is generally agreed bonds issued should be serial so redemption should not be advanced too far into the fu ture some provision will be made for sinking funds to avert the danger of inflation referred to in the pres ident's address first child born in auditorium hotel for the first time since the found ing of the institution in 1890 old doc tor stork found the chimney of the auditorium hotel yesterday joseph stone jr enjoys the unique distinc tion of being the first baby born under th auditorium roof he is lh i'sot '>:' tjte manager of""th stanle ruli and levtu compan of wew britkin conn -> u.s navy ready to join allies j fleet will put co-operative pro gram into effect moment con gress passes resolution for war officials announce washington april 3.â€”arrange ments were completed to-day for co operation between the american and ! entente fleets the moment congress i pass3 the ivar resolution navy officials in the absence of legislative action refused to say what those steps were but the following statement was authorized at the navy department measures have been taken which will be put into operation the mo ment the resolution goes through assistant secretary of the navy franklin d roosevelt held a long conference with m jusserand french ambassador this afternoon allied naval officers are reported en route to this country to assist the americans in taking measures against the german submarine menace patrol fleet huxt u-boats in this connection it may be stated a large flotilla of patrol craft is al ready in the water to search down hostile u-boats which may invade the western atlantic the commerce lanes are to be kept open at all costs so every provision tor supplying the entente armies may be carried out several french naval officers are said to have reached new york with in the last few days and are expected in washington this week patrol boats taken over it was said the mobilization as tar as personnel was concerned would be complete in forty-eight hours the formation of squadrons as contem plated in the plans of the general board will require a longer time but there is every confidence there will be no untoward delay in putting the atlantic fleet into battle formation and getting the hornet flotilla in mo tion numerous motor boats which i:ad been inspected and accepted subject to order during the last few months have been purchased it was stated to-day the number of ships is kept secret although it was declared that within the last forty-eight hours the naval appraisal board has approved purchase of sixteen private craft ami set a value on them joseph tiffany dies noted as art expert p international news service yonkers n t april 3 â€” joseph burr tiffany noted art dealer and liecorator died to-day at his home here ilr tiff.-iny was a musician of rank and for a number of years tv-as the charge d'affaires of the white house recitals mrs vanderbilt offers estate for camp site raleigh x c april 3.â€”bilt ! more the estate of the late george w vanderbih e;ir asheville n c has been offjrefl my jirs edith van cjerbi'.t to the v r department as a 1 mobilisation flur.-.p site old glory may fly over battle line in france washington april 3 01d glory will take its place with the flag of the league ot honor over the battle line in france within a few days accord ing to indications a proposal is before govern ment officials that american fly ers in the franco-american fly ing corps now serving in north ern france be sent to paris to take before a member of the united states embassy probably william graves sharp himself the american oath of enlistment they would then go back to the front in the service of their own country and the stars and stripes would fly from the guywires of their aeroplanes 6 spy suspects found in navy secret service watches men stringent law before senate three on trial for plots washington april 3 â€” sis sus pected spies have been under inves tigation in the very vitals of the na tion's first line of defense â€” the navy department â€” according to informa tion obtained by the examiner to-day the department of justice and secret service are co-operating to the full est extent with the navy department in this work president wilson's declaration that prussian autocracy had filled our unsuspecting communities and even our government offices with spies was based on facts in the possession of the american se-cret service a stringent bill to prevent espion age in the united states covering spies violations of neutrality and other all other phases of the ques tion v,-as introduced in the senate to-day hoindip of spies a roundup of the kuiseis spies in america will commence the mo ment congress votes war the man who is the head of the organization who was responsible only to bernstorff himself is known and will be the first to be taken into custody only the other day two men were discharged from the coast and geode tic survey becau?e of their champion ship of germany they immediaiely obtained work in the washington naval foundry where guns are manu factured for american dreadnoughts secretary redfied at once notified secretarj daniels harvey wires wilson his congratulations washington april a colonel george harvey to-day wired presi dent wilson complimenting him on his war message and saying i was confident as on e could be but even so 1 was not prepared for so splendid a realization this message is the first between the president and the editor since their break in the cam paign nearly four years ago rockefeller urges all to stand with wilson savannah april 5 â€” john d rockefeller passing through savan nah from florida emphatically de clare that the true test of ameri canism will come with the present crisis and uir ill stand be ' bind the president regardless of con sequences allies confer with lansing on america's part in war riinn ouicl europe to send invalided qfficerfl to train great force to 3a recruited here war planÃŸ are considered by presideniÃŸ by sam w smali l^^m washington april : < vj ally there is no state between tue united sta^b and germany but the exerutive^bj partments of tlie government,^b t'ident the president's words be put into deed have a < r fihpj tered upon an aggresive c&bdfl for a speedy conclusion of hosj against autocracy as represenÃŸj the german empire v to-day the war department its plans to recruit an army of i^j 000 men this force is to be unbj arms within four months it bj epochal in the history of recruitiÃŸj or conscription in the united stateÃŸj arrangements have been made bebj tween the united states and the enÃŸ tente allies for co-operation of the^b fleets allies envoys meet with lansing on pact the british french ami italian am | bassadors and the counselor of the ' japanese embassy had conference with secretary lansing and other of m j ficers oc the state department k i day it was understood the i-o^h ferences were to discuss preliminai^b of an agreement on the co-oper^al of the allies including the flj forces of the united states bj united states to join allies war council an international war council be established with the uninÃŸj states as a member it means suiÃŸj plies for the entente allies to tl bb extent of the resources of the united â– state and troop i necessary to shed their blood somewheie ip france ie became known to-day co-oper i ative plans between i e united stal and the allies include i dispatch here of several thousand â– i'ided 1 officers to ass ft laefl american army aild ; fl they will teach i r cuori â– ti'ench preparath j^t | and one other j^k | learned in the fi-ld house finance cor unit tee l works out program the allies now sit at !.:>* same talneÃŸ with the executive officers of th i united states and their borrqwlng â€¢ privilege is practically unlimited ] how the money is to be raised r o j finance this war of aggression in the cause of humanity but wilh'iujhh thought of reward or territorial aggrandizen;ent was worked out iibj the finance committee of the houvÃŸj to-day the united states now lij over 10,000,000,000 available funds i and according to secretary mcadoo m of the treasury this tremendoul i amount is available for war prepaia-fl tion the president's message by oabi^h or wifeless is now in the hrnris r^l every commander of a vesisel of v.abj under the i'nitcd ssates flag no official will 8 the war council delcsaies siu:^^h to a continued on 2d page 4th column wr i ''"" ib m